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Acknowledgments<br />
metoworkononeofhisfavoritetopics:thecharacterizationofultra-shortbeam,healsogave suchastransition<strong>and</strong>diractionradiationfortheCEBAFaccelerator.GeoreyKratconded manyadvicesin<strong>Beam</strong>Dynamics.CourtBohnoeredmeapositionintheFELdepartmentto experimentallycharacterizebunchselfinteractionduetocoherentsynchrotronradiation. Ithasrequiredmanypeopletoachievetheworkthatconstitutespartofthisthesis.FirstIwishto thanksthethreepeoplethathavechronologicallydirectedmyworkatJeersonLab:Jean-Claude Denard,GeoreyKrat,<strong>and</strong>Courtl<strong>and</strong>tBohn.Jean-ClaudeDenardoeredmetocomeatCE-<br />
InFrancethisworkwasdirectedbyJean-MarieLoiseaux,Ithankhimforlettingmetotalfreedom BAFasaphDstudent<strong>and</strong>withhimIworkedonthedevelopmentofnon-interceptivediagnostics<br />
acceptedtheroleofrefereeforthepresentreport,<strong>their</strong>carefulreading,suggestions<strong>and</strong>comments havemadethismanuscriptclearer.ManythanksalsotoFern<strong>and</strong>Merchezwhochairedtheexaminationcommittee,butalsoforhisinterest<strong>and</strong>encouragementforthepresentwork. NextIwishtothanksthecolleaguesfromJeersonLabwhospenttimetoeducatemeinvarious inmyresearchwork<strong>and</strong>Iamgratefulforhistotalcondence<strong>and</strong>advises.Iwouldliketoexpress<br />
areaof<strong>Beam</strong>Physics:DavidDouglas,DaveKehne,PeterKloeppel,RobbertLegg,LiaMerminga, mygratitudetoPascalElleaumefromESRF<strong>and</strong>LouisRinolfromCERN,bothofthemhave<br />
ByungYunnhaveprovidedgeneralAcceleratorPhysicshelp<strong>and</strong>insights.RuiLihassharedher mademanycontribution,heespeciallycodedthedatareductionalgorithmforthemultislitsothat wecouldhaveresultson-line.UweHappek<strong>and</strong>MichaelJamesbuilttheinterferometersthatare workonCSR<strong>and</strong>Ihavefreelyborrowsomepassageofherpublicationsinthepresentmanuscript.<br />
dataacquisition<strong>and</strong>diagnosticscontrolsystem.SueWitherspoonhelpsettingupthemodelserver GeorgeNeil<strong>and</strong>MichelleShinnhavetaughtmethefewthingsIknowaboutFree-electronlasers.<br />
<strong>and</strong>xedtheproblemsIencouteredveryeciently. versionoftheparmelacode.AliciaHoer<strong>and</strong>AlbertGrippomademanycontributionstothe usedforbunchlengthmeasurement.ThankstoHongxiuLiuforlettingmeusehiscustomized SteveBensonhelpedmeunderst<strong>and</strong>ingtheimpactofelectronbeamparametersontheFELphoton<br />
IwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetoKevinJordan<strong>and</strong>histeam(RichHill<strong>and</strong>RichEvans), beam.ThankstoJinhuSongwhoinitiatedmetotheworldofEPICS<strong>and</strong>MEDMbutwhoalso<br />
KarelCapek,<strong>and</strong>ErichFeldlfor<strong>their</strong>excellenttechnicalsupport,withoutthemmostofthework presentedinthismanuscriptcouldnothavehappened.IoughtalottoTimothySiggins,\The Creator"(ofelectrons):despitesmany\event"weencounteredwiththeelectronsource,he<strong>and</strong> JoeGubeliwereabletoprovide"good-enough-photocathode"torunhighenoughchargeelectron beam;withoutelectronsthismanuscriptwon'texist! MyspecialthanksalsogotoDikOepts,visitorfromFOMinstituutvoorPlasmafysicaRijnhuizen formanyhelpfulcomments<strong>and</strong>suggestionshemadeontheo-lineanalysiscodeofthepolarizing ging<strong>and</strong>troubleshootingdiagnostics(<strong>and</strong>seatingmanyshiftswithme!).interferometer,<strong>and</strong>PeterMichelfromtheForschungszentrumRossendorfe.V.forhishelpdebug